Osteoporosis in Clinical Practice : A Practical Guide for Diagnosis and Treatment (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2004)

Introduction: General Outlines of Assessment and Management of Osteoporosis: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis as an Example Piet Geusens, Robert Lindsay and Philip Sambrook PART 1: General aspects of bone, osteoporosis and fractures 1. Normal Skeletal Structure & Function Philip Sambrook and Piet Geusens 2. Physiology of Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Remodeling Dirk Vanderschueren, Steven Boonen and Roger Bouillon 3. Biomechanics of Bone and Fracture Lis Mosekilde 4. Pathophysiology of Fractures Michael R. McClung 5. Epidemiology of Osteoporotic Fractures Elaine Dennison and Cyrus Cooper 6. Socio-Economic Impact L. Joseph Melton, III PART 2: Investigations in osteoporosis 7. Bone Densitometry, Radiography, and Quantitative Ultrasound for the Diagnostic Assessment of Osteoporosis Claus-C. Gluer 8. Biochemical Indices of Bone Turnover Markus J. Seibel 9. Dual-Energy X-Ray Based Absorptiometry (DXA) in Daily Clinical Practice Piet Geusens 10. Differential Diagnosis: Back Pain and Osteoporosis Kristina Akesson and Anthony D. Woolf 11. Differential Diagnosis: Bone Pain and Fractures Carlo Gennari and S. Gonnelli 12. Falls in Older People Stephen R. Lord, Hylton B. Menz and Catherine Sherrington 13. Genes and Osteopororis Stuart H. Ralston PART 3: Treatment of osteoporosis 14. Prevention Early After Menopause John C. Stevenson 15. Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Strategies to Prevent Hip Fracture in Old Age Steven Boonen, Patrick Haentjens and Dirk Vanderschueren SECTION 1: Drug treatment of osteoporosis 16a. Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators Robert Lindsay 16b. Bisphosphonate Therapy for Osteoporosis Henry Bone 16c. Anabolic Drug Therapy in Osteoporosis Piet Geusens and Robert Lindsay 17. Surgical Therapy of Fractures Karl J. Obrant and Olof Johnell 18. Osteoporosis in Men Ego Seeman 19. Corticosteroid